Roma No. 3 / Vaticano

INFORMATION

FontID: 02563ROM
Church/Chapel: San Pietro in Vaticano
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
Country Name: Santa Sede / Vaticano
Location: Vaticano
Font Location in Church: In the chapel where the Pieta now rests until 1694
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
Church Notes: See Index for other fonts in this church.
A sarcophagus which had contained the remains of prefect Probus (4th century) was used between ca. 1450 and 1694 as the church's baptismal font. Current whereabouts unknown. (Lees-Milne, 1967, p. 289)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.902222, 12.453333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 54′ 8″ N, 12° 27′ 12″ E
UTM: 33T 288761 4642057

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

Lees-Milne, James, Saint Peter's: the Story of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1967